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Soldiers and Veterans Testimonials
"I am an Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Gulf War veteran. I recently returned from Iraq where I experienced five improvised explosive device (IED) explosions and one rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) explosion."
– Soldier
"Just being able to feel again has probably been the most significant growth area that I have personally experienced. Most of us combat veterans have not even realized that we were disconnected and had literally lost feeling; it was ‘just the way things were.’ Personally, I feel as though I have spent the last forty years in an emotional fog that has just recently begun to lift, a little. I have really begun to feel music instead of just hearing or listening to it along with sensing the pain others may be experiencing."
– Soldier
"We here at the South Florida Veterans Multi-Purpose Center conducted research and discovered an article from Horse Connection magazine … that described scientific studies to measure the emotional bond between horses and humans. We provide equine-assisted psychological services to troops who are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan as well as our Vietnam vets. As a result of our findings, we have chosen HeartMath’s emWave® technologies, and the emWave Personal Stress Reliever as an adjunct to our program and are pleased with the results."
– Robert J. Bambury, works with clients at South Florida Veterans Multi-Purpose Center, Davie, Fla.
"I have been involved in a number of other PTSD therapies. So, my use of emWave® (and the Quick Coherence® Technique) has been integrated into a collage of PTSD therapeutic approaches. … I sense being calmer in general. My rage moments are fewer, less intense and don’t last quite as long. I guess the most telling evaluation is that my wife thinks I have made some significant positive changes and am just a nicer person to live with."
– Soldier
"A soldier presented with an important medical choice elected to use the emWave PSR and HeartMath training, which is noninvasive, verses a procedure which was recommended. At the start of each session, I always ask what is working and what isn’t working and, based on their answer, it may shift what I had planned to accomplish that day. (The soldier) was eager to gain control over what seemed like uncontrollable circumstances, and not wanting a procedure done to him, but to learn a new skill that could, if allowed to, change his life. I have definitely found … that the PSR is a vital ingredient."
– VA Medical Center Therapist
"To deal with all the pain I felt after I got back, I self-medicated for several months with alcohol and marijuana, but after weaning off of both, I was determined not to use narcotics of any kind to cope with the pain. Being part of this experimental HRV biofeedback (emWave) program has changed my life and given me a practical, nonmedicated way to reduce the pain and handle the stress. The benefits of heart-rate-variability biofeedback are so much better than medication because I am learning a way to self-regulate anywhere, anytime without risk of dependency or that drugged feeling."
– Soldier
"The verifiable transition from head to heart has been a significant factor in the progress I have made during the last six months. … I seem to have found a core of feeling that I didn’t know existed."
– Soldier
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